Fountain paintbrush



June 3, 1952 soss 2,599,024

FOUNTAIN PAINTBRUSH Filed Aug. 9, 1947 3nvenfor Name 60 as Patented June 3, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

My present invention relates to an improved fountain paint brush of the type including a hollow handle brush and having communication with the bristles so that under control of a cutoff valve, paint from an elevated source of supply may flow through a flexible tube into the handle for application by the brush without the need for continual dipping into the paint supply.

The use of the device of my invention will result in a saving in time and in more efficient and smoother painting.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention. according to the best mode I have thus far devised, but it will be under stood that various changes and alternations may be made in the examplified structure within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the brush.

Fig. 3 is a view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 is a view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawings I have illustrated the present preferred embodiment of my invention as comprising a paint brush having a tubular handle 2 and the frame 4 open at its lower side 5 to receive the perforated bristle base 8 forming a chamber 6 above the base 8 for the bristles [0. The base is secured by removable pins II and fits snugly therein. Openings l2 communicate between the chamber and the bristles and on the under side of the frame I use a pair of spaced ribs 14 for the fiat cut-off valve 16 which has a pin [8 and button I9, the pin being movable in slot 22 to close the lower end of the tubular handle.

The upper end of the handle has a nipple 24 ribbed at 26 to receive the end of hose 28 which is connected to a nipple 30 in the bottom of paint can 32 supported by bail 34 from hook 38.

It will be apparent that with a supply of paint in the bucket the paint will flow through the hose to the handle and if the valve is open will flow to the bristles from which it may be brushed onto the surface to be painted. The quantity of flow may of course be set by partially closing the valve, and with a long flexible hose, the painter will cover a larger surface in a given period of time by eliminating the brush dipping and wiping operation.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A paint brush having a tubular handle terminating in a top wall forming part of a frame, a bottom opening in the frame, a perforated bristle base removably secured in the bottom opening of the frame, said frame and base defining an interior chamber, a pair of opposed ribs in the frame spaced from each other and from the top wall of the frame, a fiat cut-off valve slidable in the chamber, the valve being at the lower end of the tubular handle for valving a flow from said handle into said chamber and being supported by said ribs, an operating button for the valve, a pin connecting said valve and said button, a slot in the top wall of the frame, said pin passing vertically through said slot positioning said button exterior of the top wall of the frame, bristles in said, base, and an upper nipple on the handle, said nipple being connectable by a flexible hose to a paint supply.

MARK SOSS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,308,842 Clifton July 8, 1919 1,342,211 Hainsey June 1, 1920 2,041,024 Rueger May 19, 1936 

